Organization

Chanteur

Ténor

Miles Mykkanen

Candide

Soprano

Marie Lys

Cunégonde

Contralto

Anna Steiger

La Vieille Dame

Baryton

Franco Pomponi

Docteur Pangloss

Martin

Joel Terrin

Maximilien

Le Capitaine Hermann Augustus

Béatrice Nani

Paquette

Nicolas Wildi

Le Gouverneur

Vanderdendur

Basse

Raphael Hardmeyer

Troisième inquisiteur

Bastien Combe

Premier inquisiteur

Ragotski

Charles Edward

Rôle parlant

Fernando Cuellar Leon

Roi Stanislas

Direction d'orchestre

Gavriel Heine

Mise en scène

Vincent Boussard

Décors

Vincent Lemaire

Costumes

Christian Lacroix

Video

Isabel Robson

Lumières

Nicolas Gilli

Chorégraphie

Helge Letonja

Direction de choeur

Patrick Marie Aubert

Cacambo

Mike Winter

Le narrateur

Opéra de Lausanne

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Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Lausanne

Suisse

Candide Bernstein

Public

Valide

This “American-style operetta” questions the optimism of the Brave New World and its supposed superiority.

Based on the eponymous work by Voltaire, Candide according to Bernstein transposes the caustic Voltairean sense of humour into contemporary American society. A comedy that mocks the world’s absurdity, this ‘American operetta’ questions the optimism of Brave New World and its supposed superiority. Bernstein creates a lyric work unique in its genre. Candide is subjected to a significant number of edits by a variety of people before arriving at its final form which encompasses all its originality. Just like the fate of the work itself, the young Candide’s initiation journey is marked by several adventures and sudden changes. While he learns at his own expense that ‘everything is not for the best in the best of all possible worlds’, the music on the other hand returns to optimism in sparkling passages full of joy and parody. Nothing is left out: a brilliant overture, the pieces of bravery for the coloratura, the dances, from the tango to the gavotte; everything is there. Irony and good nature mark the path of happiness, which consists very simply of ‘cultivating our garden’.

English

Candide by Bernstein, Du (2020/2020), Dirigé par Vincent Boussard,, Chef d'orchestre Gavriel Heine, Opéra de Lausanne, Lausanne, Suisse

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